What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Pierowall, Fishing Boat as Craft (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The fishing boat *Westray* was lost in 1924 near Pierowall, Orkney, Scotland, when it was wrecked during a storm. All six crew members perished, marking one of the region's tragic maritime disasters and highlighting the dangers faced by Orkney's fishing communities in the early 20th century.
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Places near here
Westray, Pierowall, Rose CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 90 yd
Westray, Pierowall, Trenabie Mill and LadeGrain Mill (post Medieval), Lade (post Medieval) · 160 yd
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 790 yd
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 796 yd
Westray, Pierowall, Lady KirkBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Gravestone(s) (17th Century) · 813 yd
Pierowall Lady Kirk - tomb of Helen Alexander (1676)Ancient tomb or cairn · 816 yd
Bay of PierowallBay · 1159 yd
Beach at GrobustBeach · 1.1 mi
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 1.7 mi
Natural Arch at the foot of North HillMountain or hill · 1.8 mi